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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Shambhala Pocket Classics) (Paperback)
by Natalie Goldberg
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Author: Natalie Goldberg
Publisher: Shambhala; Expanded edition
Pub. in: January, 2006
ISBN: 1590303164
Pages: 336
Measurements: 4.5 x 3 x 0.9 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA01249
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-1590303160
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"Writing Down the Bones" by Natalie Goldberg is an encouraging book that consists of several short testaments of life lessons written for readers that require a little inspiration. Goldberg has captured the essence of writing within these 170 pages that by boosting and igniting a sparkle in the readers' minds for decades to come.
Although, this book was intended for the disheartened writer, it really has many of life's truisms that are reflected during one's lifetime to encourage and uplift writers' spirits. The author is upfront and honest with readers in that "writing can be lonely, isolating, [and] disappointing." Also, she lets readers know that writing is a lot like life - in order to prefect it takes time and patience.
The author provides readers with the realization that their egos and minds sometimes have to wrestle in order to find their creativity. She lets writers know that it is fine and normal to have writer's block at one time or another. She simply encourages writers to remember the quote from Katagiri Roshi who states that writing is like "fighting the tofu. It is fruitless to wrestle with it, you get nowhere."
Goldberg has managed to combine her teaching experience and passion for writing into this treasure book. It will give confidence to whomever takes the time to read it. She insightfully provides readers with many of her trial and error insights for writing.
If there were readers that need to be jumped-started regarding their confidence or writing ability, this would be the book to read. Readers should be warned to run for cover after reading this book because their creative juices are going to flow freely.
(From quoting RJB, USA)
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Natalie Goldberg is the author of ten books. Writing Down the Bones , her first, has sold over one million copies and has been translated into twelve languages. For the last thirty years she has practiced Zen and taught seminars in writing as a spiritual practice. She lives in New Mexico.
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For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice - "it is backed by two thousand years of studying the mind." This edition includes a new preface and an interview with the author.
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Amazon.com (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-24 00:00>
Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control, and don't think. Goldberg brings a touch of both Zen and well... *eroticism* to her writing practice, the latter in exercises and anecdotes designed to ease you into your body, your whole spirit, while you create, the former in being where you are, working with what you have, and writing from the moment. |
Amazon.com Audiobook Review, USA
<2008-03-24 00:00>
Natalie Goldberg's love of writing stems from her desire to connect with herself. In this audio version of her bestselling Writing Down the Bones, this is a potentially self-absorbed wish, especially considering that the author reads from her own work and interjects morsels of wisdom gleaned from a long writing career, which includes books on writing (Wild Mind, Long Quiet Highway), creativity (The Well of Creativity), and art (Living Color). However, Goldberg's relaxed narration and Everywoman sensibility help her avoid this danger. The classroom-like reading gives listeners a growing acquaintance with Goldberg and a friendly assurance of her methods as she quips: "you can hear my New York Jewish voice nagging you." The recording also includes an interview with Goldberg, focusing on her use of Zen meditation in writing and offering additional insight into her own rule-free writing habits. (Running time: 9 hours, 6 cassettes) -Bryony Angell |
School Library Journal (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-24 00:00>
YA Goldberg will catch readers interested in writing with her opening confession that she was a ``goody-two-shoes all through school'' and should hold them until she pulls the last page from her typewriter, one ``Sunday night at eleven.'' Part writing guide, part Zen philosophy, and part personal diary, this book has the smooth, fast flow of a conversation with a good friend who, while struggling with her own writing, has picked up more than a few tips that she eagerly shares. Definitely not another ``how to write better themes'' or a rehash of the writing process, Goldberg's short, quirky chapters give the finer points of how to write in a restaurant and why bother to write at all. The earnest, slightly Bohemian, occasionally vulnerable voice will endear her to young writers who are looking not so much for a teacher or text as for validation that they can write and for some simple but intriguing tips to get them started. While there are the required chapters on using detail and keeping a journal, the most important thing Goldberg has to say to young people is that ``we have lived. Our moments are important. This is what it is to be a writer: to be the carrier of details that make up history. ''Carolyn Praytor Boyd, Episcopal High School, Bellaire, Tex.
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AudioFile (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-24 00:00>
From the first moments of Natalie Goldberg's recording of WRITING DOWN THE BONES, her classic work on writing and life, listeners know they are hearing something wonderful. For this special recording, Goldberg reads and then comments on each of her chapters--in essence, offering listeners two books in one package. Everything is read in what Goldberg calls her "New York Jewish voice"--softened after many years in the West--and is suffused with her quirky, delightful sense of humor. In addition, this production offers Goldberg's new introduction to the book (recorded spontaneously at the end of the recording sessions) and an insightful interview with Goldberg by Sounds True's Tami Simon. This is a keeper. A.C.S.Winner of AUDIOFILE'S Earphones Award. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine |
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